U.S. Congresswoman. A Democrat, she represented New York's 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985. Ferraro became the first female Vice Presidential candidate from a major American political party when she was chosen as Walter Mondale's running mate in the 1984 Presidential Election. She also served as a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights from 1993 to 1996.
U.S. Congresswoman. A Democrat, she represented New York's 9th District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985. Ferraro became the first female Vice Presidential candidate from a major American political party when she was chosen as Walter Mondale's running mate in the 1984 Presidential Election. She also served as a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Commission on Human Rights from 1993 to 1996.
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ZACCARO
GERALDINE ANNE FERRARO
8/26/1935 ~ 3/26/2011
BELOVED DAUGHTER, WIFE
MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
FIRST WOMAN TO RUN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT
ON A NATIONAL PARTY TICKET
FRANK P. PHILIP J. ROSE M.
- 1968 1895 - 1971 1906 1997
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